Sample Sentences for
resume
grouped by contextual meaning
(editor-reviewed)

resume as in: resume the meeting

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    She decided to resume her studies after taking a year off to travel.
    resume = begin again
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    Looking back, Gennaro saw the compys resume their feeding.  (source)
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    He had fallen asleep in the middle of the marketplace, and life in the plaza was about to resume.  (source)
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    Inger was smiling when she resumed her seat.  (source)
    resumed = took again
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. When a word ends in "me", a "p" is often added as in assume to assumption, consume to consumption and resume to resumption.
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    Then darkness and the sounds of the forest resume.  (source)
    resume = begin again
    editor's notes: Do not confuse résumé with resume. A résumé refers to someone's qualifications for a job. It is pronounced rez–oo-may. Resume is pronounced ree-zoom. Because English keyboards typically lack the é character, you will sometimes see resume written in place of résumé.
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    The Nazis gave us time to wake and stir before resuming the march, which was a small mercy.  (source)
    resuming = beginning again
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    He resumes his pacing, counting to himself, and reaches the wall.  (source)
    resumes = begins again
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    Chicago was a break in my journey, a resumption of my name, identity, and happy marital status.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix, "-tion" converts the verb to a noun. (When the verb ends in "me," the suffix often becomes "-mption" as with presume/presumption, redeem/redemption, and resume/resumption.)
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    Atticus resumed his stroll to the windows and let Judge Taylor handle this one.  (source)
    resumed = began again
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    He clearly felt that now was a good time to resume.  (source)
    resume = begin again
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    he saw no obstacle to their happy life resuming its course.  (source)
    resuming = beginning again
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    FRANK resumes his seat.  (source)
    resumes = begins again to take (goes back to)
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    The "Dark Ages" were merely the resumption of a natural way of life that had been momentarily interrupted by the Greeks.†  (source)
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résumé as in: submitted her résumé

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She submitted her résumé along with a cover letter to apply for the job.
résumé = summary of qualifications
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    Her impressive résumé showcased good grades and work experience.
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    The first line of Walt's résumé reads "Clearance: Current U.S. Department of Defense Top Secret."  (source)
    resume = a written, brief summary of a person's qualifications to do something
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    If it qualified us to wield evil swords, I was not going put that on my résumé.  (source)
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    That gives you one whole night to work on your sorry excuse for a résumé.  (source)
    résumé = a written, brief summary of a person's qualifications to do something
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    When Henri was Selected, his family put out a call for a reliable translator, and I submitted my resume, flew to Sota, and now I have a new job.  (source)
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    I sent out résumés to several papers, and, in the end, I had some choices.†  (source)
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    The "white" résumés have always gleaned more job interviews.  (source)
    resumes = brief written summaries of people's qualifications
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    However, despite my sterling bogus résumé, the only job I'd been able to get was as a tier-one technical support representative at Helpful Helpdesk Inc., one of the contract firms GSS used to handle OASIS customer service and support.  (source)
    résumé = qualifications for a job
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    I guess he didn't put the bank job on his résumé.  (source)
    resume = a written, brief summary of a person's qualifications to do something
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    Résumés are just words on paper, aren't they?†  (source)
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    According to such a study, if DeShawn Williams and Jake Williams sent identical résumés to the same employer, Jake Williams would be more likely to get a callback.  (source)
    resumes = brief written summaries of people's qualifications
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    Dell sent out literally hundreds of résumés, and after three years working as a bar-back, carrying tubs of used glasses to the surly dishwashers, he finally added some bogus counseling work experience to his résumé and got a bite.  (source)
    résumé = a written, brief summary of a person's qualifications to do something
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    I hand him my résumé and sample articles I'd written in school.  (source)
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meaning too rare to warrant focus

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    Classics cut to fit fifteen-minute radio shows, then cut again to fill a two-minute book column, winding up at last as a ten —or twelve-line dictionary résumé.  (source)
    resume = summary
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    A man who had recently returned from the Amazon gave me a devastating resume of the activities of one Philip Lombard.  (source)
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    James's résumé had been scrutinized—he and his fighters were not the type to surrender.  (source)
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    I have drawn up a short résumé of the situation as it appears from a reasonable man's point of view.  (source)
    resume = summary
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    She could have gone in to her mother then and snuggled close beside her and begun a résumé of the day.  (source)
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    Was this guy a high-level target, meaning he had a résumé of previous attacks against coalition forces?  (source)
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